What were your favorite BOARD games you played with your family or friends when U were growing up?

Question by mountainman: What were your favorite BOARD games you played with your family or friends when U were growing up?
Please don’t list the atari, sega-genesis, or computer type games. I’m looking for games like Monopoly, Parcheesi, Sorry, Life, etc. But electronic board games like my favorites ~Dark Tower and Stop Thief ~ are good to mention.

The nostalgia train is leaving the station……..all aboard.
To Edlauren: I remember Bonkers. Anyone can google Bonkers the board game and see it.

The socialist version of Monopoly… The only way to get money was if you put your money in the bank and had interest, or when you won the lottery. lol Otherwise you only spent on food, travelling, pub. It was great fun.

We were so poor some of the time that we did not have a lot of money for games, so I remember making a board for Snakes and Ladders from a piece of scrap cardboard. We had a metal (I guess it is actually tin – I still have it) board that was made in two parts – we stored the game pieces inside – for Chinese Checkers and Checkers. Another favorite was Parcheesi. We also played card games.

When my children were growing up we played those same games, but also Scrabble, Life, Chess, Sorry, Operation, and the ancient game of Mancala to name a few.

With our grandchildren we are just beginning the cycle of games at our house. Mancala is already a favorite of theirs. We are introducing a new (to us) board game called Barricade.